On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
I was solitary and alone within the walls of a stone prison, left to a fate of life-long misery.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “I was solitary and alone within the walls of a stone prison, left to a fate of life-long misery.”
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Imprisoned after an escape attempt, Douglass recounts his profound sense of isolation and the despair of his anticipated future.
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